Kain Pelangi or Rainbow - a Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth
Product Description
In Sumatra, fine silk is tied (plangi) or gathered with stitches (tritik) to make detailed and brilliant designs such as those in this slendang, or shoulder cloth. If you look closely at the cloth you can see the pierced holes of the needle’s path. The boteh, or paisley pattern, is an ancient motif of Indian or Persian origin.
“Resist” patterns arise from efforts to exclude color from parts of a cloth’s surface. This is done by either applying paste (adire), applying wax (batik), or by stitching and gathering or tightly tying areas of the cloth (tritik, plangi and shibori are some of the terms for this technique). After the resist is completed, the cloth is dyed. Sometimes resist patterning involves dyeing in several colors, as in this slendang.
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Type: Shoulder cloth (selendang)
Material and Method: Silk, tie-dyed
Origin: Sumatra, Sumatera Selatan, Palembang
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th century
All images on this website © IndoArts
“Resist” patterns arise from efforts to exclude color from parts of a cloth’s surface. This is done by either applying paste (adire), applying wax (batik), or by stitching and gathering or tightly tying areas of the cloth (tritik, plangi and shibori are some of the terms for this technique). After the resist is completed, the cloth is dyed. Sometimes resist patterning involves dyeing in several colors, as in this slendang.
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Type: Shoulder cloth (selendang)
Material and Method: Silk, tie-dyed
Origin: Sumatra, Sumatera Selatan, Palembang
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th century
All images on this website © IndoArts